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But his good form has seen Luciano Spalletti pursue a permanent transfer and director of football Walter Sabatini is holding talks with Arsenal in Milan to try to seal the deal, according to Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport.

However, the Italian club are said to be open to the idea of another loan deal for the 26-year-old.

And Szczesny is not the only Premier League player Roma are targeting this week.

Sabatini is also thought to be hoping to complete the move of Zabaleta.

Manchester City are said to be holding out for £4million for the veteran right-back.

The 31-year-old is one of the club's longest serving players having joined in 2008.

But Roma are hoping to convince him to head to Serie A but are unwilling to pay more than £3m.